Air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed

ABSTRACT

This is an air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed. It has an air-sucking and sterilizing device, and a wastewater-treating device below a gargle bench of a dental clinic bed. The air-sucking inlet of the air-sucking and sterilizing device is connected above the bench top to an air-sucking pipe that can be bent to form. At the other end of the air-sucking pipe is an air-sucking mask equipped with a clinical lamp. Utilizing the bendable property of the air-sucking pipe, the dentist can adjust the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp to an optimum position, to collect germ-carrying flying saliva and volatile chemicals produced in the clinical process, or the flying moisture from the tooth grinding machine in the air-sucking and sterilizing device. Inside the air-exhaust valve is a ion device for purifying purpose to enhance hygienic quality of the entire clinical process, and avoid unnecessary contamination of flying saliva. The wastewater-treating device will clean the patient&#39;s mouth and chemical solutions and germ-carrying wastewater, filter and sterilize it thoroughly before discharging it, so the discharged wastewater will not pollute river sources.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] This invention relates to an air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed, which provides a dental clinic bed that collects flying saliva and volatile chemicals produced during dental clinic process, or flying moisture from a tooth grinding machine for the purpose of sterilization, to enhance the hygienic quality of the entire clinic process, and avoid unnecessary contamination of flying saliva. It involves mainly an air-sucking and sterilizing device beneath the gargle bench of the clinic bed. The air-sucking inlet of the sterilizing device is connected above the bench top to an air-sucking pipe that can be bent to form. The other end of the air-sucking pipe is an air-sucking mask equipped with a clinical lamp. Utilizing on the bendable property of the air-sucking pipe, the dentist can adjust the air-sucking mask with the clinic lamp to an optimum position, to collect fling saliva and volatile chemical solutions produced during the clinic process, or the flying moisture from the tooth grinding machine into the air-sucking and sterilizing device for sterilization purpose, then the wastewater is filtered, its minute particles and volatile chemicals are removed, then purified by the ion system device inside the air exhaust valve.

[0003] 2. Background of the Invention

[0004] Conventionally, during regular dental clinic process, since the patient has to open his mouth wide for the dentist to conduct oral examination and medical operation, in such cases the dentist could easily be infected by the germ-carrying flying saliva of the patient, or the mouth odor of the patient could affect the dentist's medical quality. Particularly so inside the entire dental clinic, since it is filled with a large amount of germs and bad smells, forming a space for cross contamination. Furthermore, when the dentist is conducting tooth grinding operation on the patient, there will be a large amount of moisture coming out of the tooth grinding machine, flying around the oral cavity of the patient, causing stains on the face or clothing of the patient, the dentist or medical assistants. That could bring discomfort and the risk of contamination, particularly such flying moisture could involve a small amount of tooth debris, blood, volatile chemical solutions and germ-carrying saliva, which would result in direct contamination to the entire medical environment and the risk of cross infection.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0005] Therefore, the main objective of the subject invention of air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed is to enhance the hygienic quality of the entire medical process, and avoid unnecessary contamination by flying saliva and cross infection, by installing an air-sucking and sterilizing device beneath the gargle bench, the air-sucking inlet of the air-sucking and sterilizing device is connected above the bench top to an air-sucking pipe that can be bent to form, the other end of the air-sucking pipe being an air-sucking mask equipped with a clinical lamp, so by utilizing on the bendable property of the air-sucking pipe, the dentist is able to adjust the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp to an optimum position, to collect flying saliva and volatile chemical solutions produced during the dental clinic process through the air-sucking mask, or the moisture flying from the tooth grinding machine into the air-sucking and sterilizing device.

[0006] Another objective of this invention of air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed is to install a disposable inside mask within the air-sucking mask that is equipped with a clinical lamp, forming a partition to the main unit of the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp, to avoid flying saliva from contaminating the main unit of the air-sucking mask during the air-sucking process, and to enable regular replacement of the inside mask to satisfy the requirements of personal hygiene.

[0007] Another objective of the invention of air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed is to install a water collecting plate at the air-sucking inlet of the air-sucking and sterilizing device, and a water draining guide pipe at the bottom of the water collecting plate to connect with the wastewater treating device of the gargle bench, to collect the water and moisture in the water collecting plate, which will be treated collectively by the wastewater treating device, instead of flowing into the dust filtering mechanism of the air-sucking device, and after the wastewater flows to the wastewater treating device, it can be stored in a water collecting partition before it flows into a sterilizing partition. In the sterilizing partition the wastewater will be sterilized thoroughly before it is discharged.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0008] The drawings of preferred embodiments of this invention are described in following details to enable better understanding.

[0009]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

[0010]FIG. 2 is a section view of an air-sucking device in the invention.

[0011]FIG. 3 is a view illustrating how the invention is in use.

[0012]FIG. 4 is a disassembled view of an air-sucking mask in the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NUMERALS

[0013] (1) bed unit

[0014] (11) support arm

[0015] (12) clinic lamp

[0016] (13) operation panel

[0017] (2) gargle bench

[0018] (21) wastewater treating device

[0019] (211) water collecting partition

[0020] (212) sterilizing partition

[0021] (213) filtering partition

[0022] (214) deodorizing partition

[0023] (215) water collecting chamber

[0024] (216) water outlet

[0025] (22) air vent valve

[0026] (3) dust sucking device

[0027] (31) air sucking inlet

[0028] (32) motor

[0029] (33) water collecting plate

[0030] (331) water drain guide pipe

[0031] (34) grid plate

[0032] (35) air filtering structure

[0033] (351) filtering cotton

[0034] (352) sterilizing layer

[0035] (353) active carbon

[0036] (354) sterilizing device

[0037] (36) air exhaust chamber

[0038] (4) air-sucking mask

[0039] (41) air-sucking tube

[0040] (42) inside mask

[0041] (361) ion device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0042] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the subject invention of “air suction, sterilization and wastewater treatment for dental clinic bed” has a bed unit 1 as the main unit of its integral structure. At one side of the bed unit 1 is a garble bench 2, and an air-sucking mask 12 with a clinical lamp and a support arm 11 of an operational panel 13. Below the garble bench 2 is an air-sucking and sterilizing device 3. The air-sucking inlet 31 of the air-suction and sterilizing device 3 reaches up above the bench to connect with an air-sucking tube 41 that can be bent to form. At the other end of the air-sucking tube 41 is an air-sucking mask 4 structure. By utilizing the bending property of the air-sucking tube 41, a dentist can adjust the air-sucking mask 4 at an optimum position, so the air-sucking mask 4 will collect any flying saliva or volatile chemicals produced during the dental cleaning process, or the flying moisture produced from the teeth grinding machine into an air-sucking and sterilizing device 3, to enhance the hygienic quality of the entire dental process, and avoid unnecessary contamination or cross infection.

[0043] Also shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the air-sucking device 3 of this invention involves an air-sucking motor 32 installed inside, and several insulated layers partitioned by a grid plate 34 to accommodate an air filtering structure 35. The air filtering structure 35 is composed of filtering cotton 351, sterilizing layer 352 and active carbon 353 that are sequentially installed in the partition layer, so the air sucked inside can be sequentially filtered, sterilized and deodorized before it enters an air exhaust chamber 36, as shown in FIG. 1. The clean air purified by the ion device 361 is finally discharged out of an air exhaust valve 22. A water collecting plate 33 is placed in advance at the inlet of the air-sucking inlet 31 of the air-sucking device 3. At the bottom of the water collecting plate 33 is a water draining guide tube 331 that is connected to a wastewater treatment device 21 of the garble bench 2, to collect moisture that is sucked inside in the water collecting plate 33, which shall be treated collectively by the wastewater treatment device 21, instead of flowing into the dust filtering structure of the air-sucking device. On top of the water drain guide pipe 331 of the water collecting plate 33 is lined with a filtering cotton 351 to avoid extraneous matter from dropping into the water drain guide pipe 331. Besides, the top layer of the wastewater treatment device 21 is partitioned into a water collecting partition 211 and a sterilizing partition 212. Inside the sterilizing partition 212 is a sterilizing device 354, which collects the wastewater discharged from the gargle bench 2 and the wastewater from the air-sucking and sterilizing device 3 into the water collecting partition 211, before it flows to the sterilizing partition 212. After being sterilized by the sterilizing device, it flows from one side of the sterilizing partition 212 to a filtering partition 213 and a deodorizing partition 214 on the lower level. The purified water that has been filtered by the filtering cotton 351 and the active carbon 353 and processed by deodorizing treatment then flows to the water-collecting chamber 215 on the bottom level, before it drains out of the water drain outlet 216 of the wastewater treatment device 21.

[0044] As shown in FIG. 4, inside the air-sucking mask 4 can be a disposable inside mask 42. The inside mask 42 is sucked tightly to the inside layer of the air-sucking mask 4, forming a partition to the main unit of the air-sucking mask 4, so that the flying saliva produced during the dust sucking process will not contaminate the main unit of the air-sucking mask 4. Also, the inside mask 42 can be replaced at regular intervals to satisfy personal hygienic requirements. As shown in FIG. 1, the air-sucking mask 4 of the entire dental clinic bed equipped with a clinic lamp 12 can be combined as one integral unit, saving space for installation, for better adjustment of the air-sucking mask 4 with the clinical lamp 12 to a position nearest the patient, to increase the practicality and convenience of the clinical process.

[0045] By utilizing the bendable property of the air-sucking tube of the invention of “air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment for dental clinic bed” can be adjusted to bring the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp to the optimum position, so as to collect germ-carrying flying saliva produced during the dental clinic process, volatile chemicals and/or the moisture flying from the teeth grinding machine into the air-sucking and sterilizing device, to enhance hygienic quality of the entire clinic process, and avoid unnecessary contamination from flying saliva and cross infection; meanwhile, the inside mask of the air-sucking mask can be replaced regularly to satisfy personal hygienic requirements, providing another preferred embodiment to the dental clinic bed. 

What is claimed is:
 1. An “air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed”, involving a bed unit as the main unit of its entire structure, at one side of the bed unit being a gargle bench, an air-sucking mask with a clinical lamp and a support arm of an operation panel; characterized in that: Below the top surface of the garble bench is an air-sucking and sterilizing device, the upper end of the air-sucking inlet of said air sucking and sterilizing device, protruded above the top surface of the garble bench, being connected to an air-sucking pipe that can be bent to form, the other end of the air-sucking pipe being an air-sucking mask structure equipped with a clinical lamp, whereby the dentist can adjust the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp to an optimum position, utilizing the bendable property of the air-sucking pipe, to collect flying saliva and volatile chemicals produced during the process, or the flying moisture from the tooth grinding machine into the air-sucking and sterilizing device, to enhance hygienic quality of the entire clinical process, and avoid the unnecessary risk of contamination by flying saliva and mutual infection of air inside the room; furthermore, below said gargle bench is a wastewater treating device, installed in advance at the air-sucking inlet of the air-sucking device being a water collecting plate, at the bottom of the water collecting plate being a water draining guide pipe that is connected to the wastewater treating device of the gargle bench, to collect the water in the water collecting plate, which shall be treated collectively by the wastewater treating device, instead of flowing into the dust filtering structure of the air-sucking device, and on top of the water draining guide pipe of the water collecting plate is a filtering cotton to avoid extraneous matter from dropping into the water draining guide pipe.
 2. The “air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed” as claimed in claim 1, wherein inside said air-sucking and sterilizing device is an air-sucking motor, and several separated layers partitioned by a grid plate for the installation of air-sucking mechanism, said air-sucking mechanism involving mainly filtering cotton, sterilizing layer and active carbon that are sequentially placed in the portioned layers, to sequentially filter, sterilize and deodorize inflowing air before it is admitted to the air exhaust chamber, purified by an ion device and discharged out of an air exhaust valve.
 3. The “air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed” as claimed in claim 1, wherein, inside the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp is a disposable inside mask, the inside mask being forced by suction force to stick tightly to the inside layer of the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp, forming a partition from the main unit of the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp, so the flying saliva during the air-sucking process will not contaminate the main unit of the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp, and the inside mask can be replaced regularly to satisfy personal hygienic requirements.
 4. The “air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed” as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top layer of said wastewater treatment device is partitioned into a water collecting partition and a sterilizing partition, inside the sterilizing partition being a sterilizing device, whereby the wastewater flowing from the gargle bench and the wastewater from the air-sucking and sterilizing device is collected in the water collecting partition before it flows in the sterilizing partition, and after sterilization process by the sterilizing device, wastewater flows from one side of the sterilizing partition to the lower-level filtering partition and deodorizing partition, to be treated by the filtering cotton, active carton and deodorization processes, then to the bottom-level water collecting chamber, before it is discharged out of the water draining outlet of the wastewater treating device. 